The linear way of thinking is the one that follows a predetermined path in a straight line.
The dysfunctional way of thinking on the other hand is one which creates new paths because of its’ surprising and at times ‘rickety’ approach, producing unexpected results.
Creativity as a whole is intrinsically dysfunctional because it operates outside the box generating ideas without limits while relating to a multitude of expressions. Taken singularly all people are dysfunctional for one reason or another: psychological, emotive, physical, etc. Each one of us presents a minor ‘imperfection’, a (healthy) ‘defect’ which can render us particular, even unique. The defect becomes at this point a particularity and since people are diverse/dysfunctional to each other why can’t the same thing happen with objects? The concept of Mediterranean Dysfunction scopes at a Latin world of infinite possibilities populated by objects which live in a condition of an ‘imperfect existence’. A dysfunction in relation to society standards, regulations and contemporary trend expectations, in other words an error that can become added value, a diversion (from the ordinary) resulting in subversion of the actual status.
Dysfunction is the antithesis of clichéd: a small, unexpected deformation which can make a great difference!